Mathis Pond in Aiken County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Mathis Pond is one of the Aiken County listings for South Carolina. It sits at 512 feet above sea level. It runs to roughly 30 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Few waters listed in Aiken County are bigger. The closest town, Edgefield, is 8.6 miles away. Columbia is the closest city, 50 miles away. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Mathis Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Open occurrence data for the surrounding area lists eastern blackbanded darter, margined madtom and redbreast sunfish. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. The shape of Mathis Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 80°F and January near 43°F. The season runs year-round, with the peak either side of summer. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. At Mathis Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Carpenters Pond at 0.4 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Mathis Pond in what we hold.